linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] staging/mei: Header file contain the Userland API, (IOCTL and its struct)

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:15:41 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Oren Weil <oren.jer.weil@...el.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alan@...ux.intel.com,
	david@...dhou.se
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] staging/mei: Header file contain the Userland API,
 (IOCTL and its struct)

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:27:35 +0300 Oren Weil wrote:


> +/*
> + * This IOCTL is used to associate the current file descriptor with a
> + * FW Client (given by UUID). This opens a communication channel
> + * between a host client and a FW client. From this point every read and write
> + * will communicate with the associated FW client.
> + * Only in close() (file_operation release()) the communication between
> + * the clients is disconnected
> + *
> + * The IOCTL argument is a struct with a union the contains
> + * the input parameter and the output parameter for this IOCTL.
> + *
> + * The input parameter is UUID of the FW Client.
> + * The output parameter is the properties of the FW client
> + * (FW protocol version and max message size).
> + *
> + */
> +#define IOCTL_MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT \
> +	_IOWR('H' , 0x01, struct mei_connect_client_data)


Please update Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt.

thanks,
---
~Randy
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